Iron Maiden returns to Canadian shores this summer with a handful of dates. Look for the “Maiden England World Tour” to be modelled off of 1988’s “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” tour. (An excuse to dust off some 24-year-old props?)

This was unexpected. It seems that Depeche Mode co-founder Vince Clare, who left the band 30 years ago to for Yazoo and then Erasure, phone fellow DM compatriot Martin Gore earlier this year to form the project VCMG. A new EP is imminent, with an album to follow

He may be best known these days for directing kid-friendly films like Happy Feet and Babe: Pig in the City, but Australian director George Miller also made the three Mad Max films with Mel Gibson, and he’s currently gearing up to film two more with Tom Hardy (Bronson, Inception) taking over from Gibson. The DLB recently spoke with Miller and of course the conversation had to turn towards Mad Max: Fury Road, currently set to start filming in Namibia next April.

We were intrigued to learn that David Cronenberg’s son Brandon is about to start filming his first feature. Antiviral stars Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men:First Class), Sarah Gadon (A Dangerous Method) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) and will be shot in Hamilton and Toronto from November 7 through to December 11.

From the press release: “Written by Cronenberg, the film follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion – for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.”

“ANTIVIRAL is a fascinating mystery which revolves around society’s primal hunger to own its idols. It’s smart, engaging and scary, ” says producer Niv Fichman in a press release. “Brandon’s film is the third first-time feature we’ve produced in two years. Rhombus Media is committed to working with young writers and directors to bring new visions to the screen.”

“Every year on BurningAngel.com we celebrate Halloween with a horror themed movie,” says Joanna in a statement. “Parodying Frankenstein was a lot of fun – and I have a new found fetish for having sex with scientific experiments and monsters.”

Perhaps the most iconic zombie from the first season of AMC`s The Walking Dead was the so-called Bicycle Girl. With the premiere of Season 2 set for Sept. 16, AMC has just debuted a Greg Nicotero-directed six-part webisode series devoted to the character. Enjoy.